Tuesday 25 May 2004 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:461:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:293:29 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:293:29 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:3812:38 PM
The Sun 75° above N. Day length 12 h 25 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:256:25 AM to 30:256:25+1 AM
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 15:293:29 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 29:10 05:105:10 AM Wed | Maghā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 26:29 02:292:29 AM Wed | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 15:293:29 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:25 06:256:25 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:165:16 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:548:54 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3812:38 PM | 14:112:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:521:52 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:422:42 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:443:44 PM | 17:175:17 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 18:506:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:015:01 PM | 18:456:45 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:506:50 PM | 20:238:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:506:50 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:506:50 PM | 20:008:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1512:15+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 25:021:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:263:26+1 AM | 29:105:10+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |